A Selection of Cozy Autumnal Poems

Dearest reader,

Autumn is a beautiful time to daydream and what better way to do so than immersing yourself into a world of poems where wonders of the season have been immortalised in careful verses. Get your daydreams started with this short selection of autumnal poems I have put together and enjoy their nostalgic views on nature and life.

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WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND?

Who has seen the wind?

Neither I nor you:

But when the leaves hang trembling,

The wind is passing through.

– By Christina Rosetti

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SEPTEMBER

Then the flowers became very wild

because it was early September

and they had nothing to lose

they tossed their colors every

which way over the garden wall

splattering the lawn shoving their

wild orange red rain-disheveled faces

into my window without shame

– Poem by Grace Paley. From Begin Again: Collected Poems.

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SEPTEMBER WOODS

A glory of gold

And russet and grey,

The tree-tops old

Glow in the day;

And, one by one,

The dry leaves fall,

And the Autumn sun

Smiles on them all

– Author unknown

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All that is gold

does not glitter,

not all those who

wander are lost:

the old that is

strong does not

wither, deep roots

are not reached

by the frost.

– J.R.R Tolkien

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OCTOBER CATECHISMS NO.4

The ritual sadness

of the season

is more voluptuos

than joy.

– Linda Pastan

From Carnival Evening: New and Selected Poetry 1968-1998

Yours truly,